#robert-burns — Public Fediverse posts
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https://www.europesays.com/people/220684/ Gavin Newsom stops in Monroe to rally Union County Democrats | Enquirer Journal #DemocraticParty #GavinNewsom #MidtermElections #Monroe #NorthCarolina #PoliticalRally #RobertBurns #RoyCooper #SurlutaAnthony #UnionCounty #VoterTurnout
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/83817/ Amputee on his way to completing Wainwright climbs | ITV News Border #AlfredWainwright #Carlisle #CarlisleOperaGroup #Cumbria #CumbriaFireAndResuce #Dumfries #Dumfries&Galloway #fells #itv #ITVBorder #ItvNews #ITVNewsInFull #LakeDistrict #Lookaround #RobertBurns #Scotland #ScottishBorders
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Lines etched on a window at Wingate’s Inn, Stirling, 26 August 1787
Here Stewarts once in triumph reign’d,
And laws for Scotland’s weal ordain’ d;
But now unroof’d their Palace stands,
Their Sceptre’s fall’n to other hands…#OTD, 26 August, 1787, Robert Burns wrote this poem with a diamond-tipped pen on a window in Stirling
https://burnsmuseum.wordpress.com/2018/08/24/graffiti-artist/
#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #Jacobites #Hanoverian #republicanism #monarchy #RobertBurns #graffiti
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Lines etched on a window at Wingate’s Inn, Stirling, 26 August 1787
Here Stewarts once in triumph reign’d,
And laws for Scotland’s weal ordain’ d;
But now unroof’d their Palace stands,
Their Sceptre’s fall’n to other hands…#OTD, 26 August, 1787, Robert Burns wrote this poem with a diamond-tipped pen on a window in Stirling
https://burnsmuseum.wordpress.com/2018/08/24/graffiti-artist/
#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #Jacobites #Hanoverian #republicanism #monarchy #RobertBurns #graffiti
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Lines etched on a window at Wingate’s Inn, Stirling, 26 August 1787
Here Stewarts once in triumph reign’d,
And laws for Scotland’s weal ordain’ d;
But now unroof’d their Palace stands,
Their Sceptre’s fall’n to other hands…#OTD, 26 August, 1787, Robert Burns wrote this poem with a diamond-tipped pen on a window in Stirling
https://burnsmuseum.wordpress.com/2018/08/24/graffiti-artist/
#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #Jacobites #Hanoverian #republicanism #monarchy #RobertBurns #graffiti
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Lines etched on a window at Wingate’s Inn, Stirling, 26 August 1787
Here Stewarts once in triumph reign’d,
And laws for Scotland’s weal ordain’ d;
But now unroof’d their Palace stands,
Their Sceptre’s fall’n to other hands…#OTD, 26 August, 1787, Robert Burns wrote this poem with a diamond-tipped pen on a window in Stirling
https://burnsmuseum.wordpress.com/2018/08/24/graffiti-artist/
#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #Jacobites #Hanoverian #republicanism #monarchy #RobertBurns #graffiti
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Henry Raeburn’s portrait of Robert Burns had been missing for more than 200 years until it was discovered during a house clearance & sold at auction in 2025. It is on display in the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in Alloway until 1 November – free, no booking required
https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/burns-portrait-returns-to-poets-birthplace
#Scottish #literature #RobertBurns #romanticism #portrait #painting #visualart #18thcentury #19thcentury #Raeburn #HenryRaeburn
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Henry Raeburn’s portrait of Robert Burns had been missing for more than 200 years until it was discovered during a house clearance & sold at auction in 2025. It is on display in the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in Alloway until 1 November – free, no booking required
https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/burns-portrait-returns-to-poets-birthplace
#Scottish #literature #RobertBurns #romanticism #portrait #painting #visualart #18thcentury #19thcentury #Raeburn #HenryRaeburn
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Henry Raeburn’s portrait of Robert Burns had been missing for more than 200 years until it was discovered during a house clearance & sold at auction in 2025. It is on display in the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in Alloway until 1 November – free, no booking required
https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/burns-portrait-returns-to-poets-birthplace
#Scottish #literature #RobertBurns #romanticism #portrait #painting #visualart #18thcentury #19thcentury #Raeburn #HenryRaeburn
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Henry Raeburn’s portrait of Robert Burns had been missing for more than 200 years until it was discovered during a house clearance & sold at auction in 2025. It is on display in the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in Alloway until 1 November – free, no booking required
https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/burns-portrait-returns-to-poets-birthplace
#Scottish #literature #RobertBurns #romanticism #portrait #painting #visualart #18thcentury #19thcentury #Raeburn #HenryRaeburn
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Dick Gaughan sings Robert Burns’s “Song, Composed in August” (“Now Westlin Winds”), live at Harvard, 1982
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=vZ7oYCx6tBw
#Scottish #literature #poetry #song #folksong #RobertBurns #18thcentury #nature #environment
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Dick Gaughan sings Robert Burns’s “Song, Composed in August” (“Now Westlin Winds”), live at Harvard, 1982
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=vZ7oYCx6tBw
#Scottish #literature #poetry #song #folksong #RobertBurns #18thcentury #nature #environment
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Dick Gaughan sings Robert Burns’s “Song, Composed in August” (“Now Westlin Winds”), live at Harvard, 1982
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=vZ7oYCx6tBw
#Scottish #literature #poetry #song #folksong #RobertBurns #18thcentury #nature #environment
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Dick Gaughan sings Robert Burns’s “Song, Composed in August” (“Now Westlin Winds”), live at Harvard, 1982
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=vZ7oYCx6tBw
#Scottish #literature #poetry #song #folksong #RobertBurns #18thcentury #nature #environment
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Now westlin winds, and slaught’ring guns
Bring Autumn’s pleasant weather;
And the moorcock springs, on whirring wings,
Amang the blooming heather…—Robert Burns, “Song, Composed in August”
First published in POEMS, CHIEFLY IN THE SCOTTISH DIALECT (Kilmarnock, 1786)Pages digitised by the National Library of Scotland
#Scottish #literature #poetry #song #folksong #RobertBurns #18thcentury #nature #environment
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Now westlin winds, and slaught’ring guns
Bring Autumn’s pleasant weather;
And the moorcock springs, on whirring wings,
Amang the blooming heather…—Robert Burns, “Song, Composed in August”
First published in POEMS, CHIEFLY IN THE SCOTTISH DIALECT (Kilmarnock, 1786)Pages digitised by the National Library of Scotland
#Scottish #literature #poetry #song #folksong #RobertBurns #18thcentury #nature #environment
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Now westlin winds, and slaught’ring guns
Bring Autumn’s pleasant weather;
And the moorcock springs, on whirring wings,
Amang the blooming heather…—Robert Burns, “Song, Composed in August”
First published in POEMS, CHIEFLY IN THE SCOTTISH DIALECT (Kilmarnock, 1786)Pages digitised by the National Library of Scotland
#Scottish #literature #poetry #song #folksong #RobertBurns #18thcentury #nature #environment
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Now westlin winds, and slaught’ring guns
Bring Autumn’s pleasant weather;
And the moorcock springs, on whirring wings,
Amang the blooming heather…—Robert Burns, “Song, Composed in August”
First published in POEMS, CHIEFLY IN THE SCOTTISH DIALECT (Kilmarnock, 1786)Pages digitised by the National Library of Scotland
#Scottish #literature #poetry #song #folksong #RobertBurns #18thcentury #nature #environment
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The Three Robins
9 September, Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Alloway. Free, ticketed.A talk on “The Three Robins: R. Burns, R. Fergusson and R. Louis Stevenson” presented by Prof David Purdie, MD. Medical Professor Emeritus & Honorary Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Edinburgh
#Scottish #literature #RobertBurns #RobertFergusson #RobertLouisStevenson #poetry #romanticism #18thcentury #19thcentury
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The Three Robins
9 September, Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Alloway. Free, ticketed.A talk on “The Three Robins: R. Burns, R. Fergusson and R. Louis Stevenson” presented by Prof David Purdie, MD. Medical Professor Emeritus & Honorary Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Edinburgh
#Scottish #literature #RobertBurns #RobertFergusson #RobertLouisStevenson #poetry #romanticism #18thcentury #19thcentury
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The Three Robins
9 September, Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Alloway. Free, ticketed.A talk on “The Three Robins: R. Burns, R. Fergusson and R. Louis Stevenson” presented by Prof David Purdie, MD. Medical Professor Emeritus & Honorary Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Edinburgh
#Scottish #literature #RobertBurns #RobertFergusson #RobertLouisStevenson #poetry #romanticism #18thcentury #19thcentury
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The Three Robins
9 September, Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Alloway. Free, ticketed.A talk on “The Three Robins: R. Burns, R. Fergusson and R. Louis Stevenson” presented by Prof David Purdie, MD. Medical Professor Emeritus & Honorary Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Edinburgh
#Scottish #literature #RobertBurns #RobertFergusson #RobertLouisStevenson #poetry #romanticism #18thcentury #19thcentury
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Listen to Ossian’s version of Robert Burns’ “Corn Rigs”, from their 1981 album SEAL SONG:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU6f21Bdsbg&list=PLF04F88F9D6E44609
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #song #18thcentury #folksong #RobertBurns #Lammas #LammasDay #romanticism #Scots #Scotslanguage
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Listen to Ossian’s version of Robert Burns’ “Corn Rigs”, from their 1981 album SEAL SONG:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU6f21Bdsbg&list=PLF04F88F9D6E44609
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #song #18thcentury #folksong #RobertBurns #Lammas #LammasDay #romanticism #Scots #Scotslanguage
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Listen to Ossian’s version of Robert Burns’ “Corn Rigs”, from their 1981 album SEAL SONG:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU6f21Bdsbg&list=PLF04F88F9D6E44609
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #song #18thcentury #folksong #RobertBurns #Lammas #LammasDay #romanticism #Scots #Scotslanguage
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Listen to Ossian’s version of Robert Burns’ “Corn Rigs”, from their 1981 album SEAL SONG:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU6f21Bdsbg&list=PLF04F88F9D6E44609
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #song #18thcentury #folksong #RobertBurns #Lammas #LammasDay #romanticism #Scots #Scotslanguage
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It was upon a Lammas night,
When corn rigs are bonie,
Beneath the moon’s unclouded light,
I held awa to Annie…—Robert Burns, “Corn Rigs”
pages from Robert Burns: Selected Poems & Songs (OUP, 2013)Today, 1 August, is Lammas Day
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/selected-poems-and-songs-9780199682324?cc=gb&lang=en&
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #song #18thcentury #folksong #RobertBurns #Lammas #LammasDay #romanticism #Scots #Scotslanguage
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It was upon a Lammas night,
When corn rigs are bonie,
Beneath the moon’s unclouded light,
I held awa to Annie…—Robert Burns, “Corn Rigs”
pages from Robert Burns: Selected Poems & Songs (OUP, 2013)Today, 1 August, is Lammas Day
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/selected-poems-and-songs-9780199682324?cc=gb&lang=en&
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #song #18thcentury #folksong #RobertBurns #Lammas #LammasDay #romanticism #Scots #Scotslanguage
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It was upon a Lammas night,
When corn rigs are bonie,
Beneath the moon’s unclouded light,
I held awa to Annie…—Robert Burns, “Corn Rigs”
pages from Robert Burns: Selected Poems & Songs (OUP, 2013)Today, 1 August, is Lammas Day
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/selected-poems-and-songs-9780199682324?cc=gb&lang=en&
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #song #18thcentury #folksong #RobertBurns #Lammas #LammasDay #romanticism #Scots #Scotslanguage
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It was upon a Lammas night,
When corn rigs are bonie,
Beneath the moon’s unclouded light,
I held awa to Annie…—Robert Burns, “Corn Rigs”
pages from Robert Burns: Selected Poems & Songs (OUP, 2013)Today, 1 August, is Lammas Day
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/selected-poems-and-songs-9780199682324?cc=gb&lang=en&
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #song #18thcentury #folksong #RobertBurns #Lammas #LammasDay #romanticism #Scots #Scotslanguage
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Copies of the first edition of Robert Burns’s POEMS, CHIEFLY IN THE SCOTTISH DIALECT are 3 times rarer than the Shakespeare First Folio. Patrick Scott & Allan Young are tracking the histories of surviving Kilmarnock Editions
https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2017/11/kilmarnock-burns-book-history/
#Scottish #literature #poetry #18thcentury #RobertBurns #romanticism #BookHistory
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Copies of the first edition of Robert Burns’s POEMS, CHIEFLY IN THE SCOTTISH DIALECT are 3 times rarer than the Shakespeare First Folio. Patrick Scott & Allan Young are tracking the histories of surviving Kilmarnock Editions
https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2017/11/kilmarnock-burns-book-history/
#Scottish #literature #poetry #18thcentury #RobertBurns #romanticism #BookHistory
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Copies of the first edition of Robert Burns’s POEMS, CHIEFLY IN THE SCOTTISH DIALECT are 3 times rarer than the Shakespeare First Folio. Patrick Scott & Allan Young are tracking the histories of surviving Kilmarnock Editions
https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2017/11/kilmarnock-burns-book-history/
#Scottish #literature #poetry #18thcentury #RobertBurns #romanticism #BookHistory
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Copies of the first edition of Robert Burns’s POEMS, CHIEFLY IN THE SCOTTISH DIALECT are 3 times rarer than the Shakespeare First Folio. Patrick Scott & Allan Young are tracking the histories of surviving Kilmarnock Editions
https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2017/11/kilmarnock-burns-book-history/
#Scottish #literature #poetry #18thcentury #RobertBurns #romanticism #BookHistory
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Burns – in serious financial, & legal, difficulties, mostly of his own making – was on his way to Greenock to take passage to Jamaica, where he had been offered the job of book-keeper on a slave plantation, when news reached him that his book had been enthusiastically received. He decided to stay in Scotland, & attempt a poetical career.
#Scottish #literature #poetry #18thcentury #RobertBurns #romanticism #BookHistory
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Burns – in serious financial, & legal, difficulties, mostly of his own making – was on his way to Greenock to take passage to Jamaica, where he had been offered the job of book-keeper on a slave plantation, when news reached him that his book had been enthusiastically received. He decided to stay in Scotland, & attempt a poetical career.
#Scottish #literature #poetry #18thcentury #RobertBurns #romanticism #BookHistory
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Burns – in serious financial, & legal, difficulties, mostly of his own making – was on his way to Greenock to take passage to Jamaica, where he had been offered the job of book-keeper on a slave plantation, when news reached him that his book had been enthusiastically received. He decided to stay in Scotland, & attempt a poetical career.
#Scottish #literature #poetry #18thcentury #RobertBurns #romanticism #BookHistory
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Burns – in serious financial, & legal, difficulties, mostly of his own making – was on his way to Greenock to take passage to Jamaica, where he had been offered the job of book-keeper on a slave plantation, when news reached him that his book had been enthusiastically received. He decided to stay in Scotland, & attempt a poetical career.
#Scottish #literature #poetry #18thcentury #RobertBurns #romanticism #BookHistory
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“You will have heard that I am going to commence Poet in print; and to-morrow my works go to the press. I expect it will be a volume of about two hundred pages. It is just the last foolish action I intend to do—and then turn a wise man as fast as possible.”
The “Kilmarnock Edition” of Robert Burns’s Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect was published #OTD, 31 July, 1786.
#Scottish #literature #poetry #18thcentury #RobertBurns #romanticism #BookHistory
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“You will have heard that I am going to commence Poet in print; and to-morrow my works go to the press. I expect it will be a volume of about two hundred pages. It is just the last foolish action I intend to do—and then turn a wise man as fast as possible.”
The “Kilmarnock Edition” of Robert Burns’s Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect was published #OTD, 31 July, 1786.
#Scottish #literature #poetry #18thcentury #RobertBurns #romanticism #BookHistory
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“You will have heard that I am going to commence Poet in print; and to-morrow my works go to the press. I expect it will be a volume of about two hundred pages. It is just the last foolish action I intend to do—and then turn a wise man as fast as possible.”
The “Kilmarnock Edition” of Robert Burns’s Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect was published #OTD, 31 July, 1786.
#Scottish #literature #poetry #18thcentury #RobertBurns #romanticism #BookHistory
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“You will have heard that I am going to commence Poet in print; and to-morrow my works go to the press. I expect it will be a volume of about two hundred pages. It is just the last foolish action I intend to do—and then turn a wise man as fast as possible.”
The “Kilmarnock Edition” of Robert Burns’s Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect was published #OTD, 31 July, 1786.
#Scottish #literature #poetry #18thcentury #RobertBurns #romanticism #BookHistory
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In his poem "The Master's Apron," Robert Burns describes the Masonic apron as
'the ancient badge wi' the apron strings.'
Masonic aprons come in many sizes and colours and are worn in several different styles while still being universal to Craft Masonry.
The full poem can be read at:
https://www.robertburns59.org/the-masters-apron-modern-english/#Freemasonry #Freimaurerei #Masonry #2B1ASK1 #History #Literature #Poetry #RobertBurns
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In his poem "The Master's Apron," Robert Burns describes the Masonic apron as
'the ancient badge wi' the apron strings.'
Masonic aprons come in many sizes and colours and are worn in several different styles while still being universal to Craft Masonry.
The full poem can be read at:
https://www.robertburns59.org/the-masters-apron-modern-english/#Freemasonry #Freimaurerei #Masonry #2B1ASK1 #History #Literature #Poetry #RobertBurns
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In his poem "The Master's Apron," Robert Burns describes the Masonic apron as
'the ancient badge wi' the apron strings.'
Masonic aprons come in many sizes and colours and are worn in several different styles while still being universal to Craft Masonry.
The full poem can be read at:
https://www.robertburns59.org/the-masters-apron-modern-english/#Freemasonry #Freimaurerei #Masonry #2B1ASK1 #History #Literature #Poetry #RobertBurns
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In his poem "The Master's Apron," Robert Burns describes the Masonic apron as
'the ancient badge wi' the apron strings.'
Masonic aprons come in many sizes and colours and are worn in several different styles while still being universal to Craft Masonry.
The full poem can be read at:
https://www.robertburns59.org/the-masters-apron-modern-english/#Freemasonry #Freimaurerei #Masonry #2B1ASK1 #History #Literature #Poetry #RobertBurns
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Copies of the first edition of Robert Burns’s POEMS, CHIEFLY IN THE SCOTTISH DIALECT are 3 times rarer than the Shakespeare First Folio. Patrick Scott & Allan Young are tracking the histories of surviving Kilmarnock Editions
https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2017/11/kilmarnock-burns-book-history/
#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #RobertBurns #BookHistory #poetry
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Copies of the first edition of Robert Burns’s POEMS, CHIEFLY IN THE SCOTTISH DIALECT are 3 times rarer than the Shakespeare First Folio. Patrick Scott & Allan Young are tracking the histories of surviving Kilmarnock Editions
https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2017/11/kilmarnock-burns-book-history/
#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #RobertBurns #BookHistory #poetry
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Copies of the first edition of Robert Burns’s POEMS, CHIEFLY IN THE SCOTTISH DIALECT are 3 times rarer than the Shakespeare First Folio. Patrick Scott & Allan Young are tracking the histories of surviving Kilmarnock Editions
https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2017/11/kilmarnock-burns-book-history/
#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #RobertBurns #BookHistory #poetry
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Copies of the first edition of Robert Burns’s POEMS, CHIEFLY IN THE SCOTTISH DIALECT are 3 times rarer than the Shakespeare First Folio. Patrick Scott & Allan Young are tracking the histories of surviving Kilmarnock Editions
https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2017/11/kilmarnock-burns-book-history/
#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #RobertBurns #BookHistory #poetry
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Rare first edition of Burns’s Kilmarnock Edition goes on display at Edinburgh Writers’ Museum
Printed in Kilmarnock & published on 21 July 1786 in a run of just over 600 copies, only around 90 copies are known to survive today & each copy is different
#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #RobertBurns #BookHistory #poetry
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Rare first edition of Burns’s Kilmarnock Edition goes on display at Edinburgh Writers’ Museum
Printed in Kilmarnock & published on 21 July 1786 in a run of just over 600 copies, only around 90 copies are known to survive today & each copy is different
#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #RobertBurns #BookHistory #poetry
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Rare first edition of Burns’s Kilmarnock Edition goes on display at Edinburgh Writers’ Museum
Printed in Kilmarnock & published on 21 July 1786 in a run of just over 600 copies, only around 90 copies are known to survive today & each copy is different
#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #RobertBurns #BookHistory #poetry
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Rare first edition of Burns’s Kilmarnock Edition goes on display at Edinburgh Writers’ Museum
Printed in Kilmarnock & published on 21 July 1786 in a run of just over 600 copies, only around 90 copies are known to survive today & each copy is different
#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #RobertBurns #BookHistory #poetry
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230 years ago today, #RobertBurns, Scottish #poet (Auld Lang Syne) considered the national poet of Scotland, died at 37.
#RIP 💐 -
230 years ago today, #RobertBurns, Scottish #poet (Auld Lang Syne) considered the national poet of Scotland, died at 37.
#RIP 💐 -
230 years ago today, #RobertBurns, Scottish #poet (Auld Lang Syne) considered the national poet of Scotland, died at 37.
#RIP 💐 -
230 years ago today, #RobertBurns, Scottish #poet (Auld Lang Syne) considered the national poet of Scotland, died at 37.
#RIP 💐 -
“It is apparent from Burns’s correspondence, his poetry, and even from his First Commonplace Book that the bard was plagued by ill health on several occasions throughout his short life”
—From the University of Glasgow’s Centre for Robert Burns Studies’ “Editing Robert Burns” blog
4/4
https://burnsc21.glasgow.ac.uk/robert-burns-and-death/
#Scottish #literature #poetry #RobertBurns #18thcentury #romanticism
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“It is apparent from Burns’s correspondence, his poetry, and even from his First Commonplace Book that the bard was plagued by ill health on several occasions throughout his short life”
—From the University of Glasgow’s Centre for Robert Burns Studies’ “Editing Robert Burns” blog
4/4
https://burnsc21.glasgow.ac.uk/robert-burns-and-death/
#Scottish #literature #poetry #RobertBurns #18thcentury #romanticism